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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
Dress in The Last Century.

CHANGING first of all at the upper orders
we shall be at once struck with the i'm
mense change which has passed over the
male attire since the eighteenth century.
The contrast of color between the male
and female dress which is now conspieu
Gus then hardly existed; and rank wealth
and PROHIBITIONS we're still distinctly
marked by costly and elaborate attire.
Nor was this simply true of the "bucks"
"beaux" "Fribbles," "macaronis,n and
candles" who represented IN different
periods the extremes or the eccentricitles
of fashion. The neutral dress scarcely
differing in shape or color which now as
Stimulates all classes from the peer to the
shopkeeper was still unknown, and
mode of attire was in frequent use which
survives only in court dress, in the pow
dered footmen of a few wealthy houses
in city pageants, in the red coat of the
huntin field, and in the gay coloring of
military uniforms. The pictures of Rey
nolds and Gainsborough have made the
fashionable attire of their period too fam
iliar to need detailed description; and
it may be abundantly illustrated from
contem porary literature. Thus when
Lord Dunwentwater mounted the scaffold
he was dressed in scarlet, faced with
black velvet and trimmed with gold, a
gold waistcoat, and a white feather
In his cap. DIR. Cameron went to execu-
ton in light colored coat, red waistcoat
and breaches, and new wig bag. One
of Seiwynn.s correspondents describes
well known highway man who affected
the airs of fashion, as going TO Jyqurn
dressed in blue and gold frock and
wearing white cockade as an emblem
of innocents. DIR. Johnsons usual attire
was a full suit of plain brown clothes
with twisted hair buttons of the same
color, black worsted stockins, q large
bushy grayish wig, and silver buckles;
but on the night when his play of Irene"
was firsted he thought it right to appear
in the theater in a scarlet waistcoat, with
rich gold lace, and a gold lace hat. Gold.
smith went oct as a physician in purple
silk small clothes and with a scarlet ro
quelaure, sword, and gold headed
cane, and he had other suits which were
equally conspicuous. Wilkes wrote to
his daughter in Paris, in 1870, asking her
to beg Baron Holbach TO purchase for
him scarlet cloth of the finest sort and
color to make q complete suit of clothes,
and the most fashionable gold buttons for
the whole. He is described oy one of his
friends making to town from a house
he had taken at hensington, usually at
tired either in scarlet or green suit
edged with gold.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13

are times when the farmer prefers to
wait until all of the weeds have sprouted
and the field is we'll covered before using
the cultivator, thus saving labor; but uu-
der no conditions should they go TO seed
1t the weeds get too high the oultivator
is useless, and the pillow must be brought
into requisition, which entails slower
and harder work. After the spring weeds
have all been turned under then will come
the persistent summer crab grass and
pursane, which require but few days
atter a rain TO become we'll rooted
There Is no grass more, easily destroys ed
when 1t is young than crab-grass, but if
1t is permitted to make headway it will
often require the hoe to get rid of it.
Whenever seed sprouts, and the plant
from 1t is turned under, it is forever de.
stroyed as all plants come from seeds or
roots; they must sprout or grow and if
this growth be prevented they perish.
The cultivation against weeds must be
thorough. A single plant if allowed to
escape and bear seed, may cause all the
labor to be done over again the next sea.
son. The work of keeping down the
weeds may be costly for a year or two,
but il tn work be we'll done, in few
seasons the farmer will enjoy q respite,
though persistent watchf illness will be
necessary TO prevent them from again se-
curing foothold.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
Snrnpinus Horses.

It would be difficult to find q better
illustration of the sagacity of the horse
than is contained IN the following anec-
dote: A Mr.. Lane, of Worcestershire,
Eng, on returning home one day, turned
his horse into field. A few days before
this the horse had been shod, and one
foot had betn pinched in the shoelng.
The following morning Mr.. Lane
missed the horse. He caused a search to
be made, ana from what was afterward
learned it is supposed that the animal
finding his foot uncomfortable, made his
way out OF the field by lifting the gate
off the hinges with his teeth.
He went to the blacksmith shop where
he had been shod, distance of a Eaiie
aud a half, advancing to the forge, held
up his ailing foot. The blacksmith ex
amined the hoof, and discovering the in
Jury took off the shoe and replaced it
more carefully. The horse then set off
at a merry pace for his well-known pas
ture.
Shortly afterwards these in search of
the animal, passing the shop, mentioned
the supposed loss, when the blacksmith
la1ghingly replied: "Oh, the horse has
been here and got re-shod, and has gone
home again." and this they found to be
actually the case.
Similar intelligence was shown by an
other horse which, of its own accord, APP
piled for relief to farrier from whom he
had previously received medicine. He
had an internal disease which had been
very severe but from which, for some
considerable time, he had been apparent
ly free.
One morning, when released from the
cart at breakfast time, and his drivers
back was turned, he took the opportu-
nifty to walk off to the farrier's workshop,
which was at some little distance When
the farrier appeared, the horse lay down
and seemed anxious to show, by every
means in his power, that he was in dis
tress.
The farrier understood him, concluded
he was troubled with his old complaint
and administered the usual dose, and in a
short time the animal trotted off content
eddy to his master who had been looking
in all directions for him.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
SQuIBs

There is less real interest in the ques-
ton as TO who wrote Shakespeare's
plays than in the one as TO who shall act
them.
Counsel-Had the accused any dis
tinguished featurs by which you recog
nized himi
Witness Yes, sir he was bowlegged
in both eyes.
In the Colorow feud it was found when
crude
Truth With times evolutions did mel.
low,
That TO quite circumyent tho copper hued
gent
1t requires most wrestle- Ute fellow.
Traveller waiting for the boat Fish
seem to bite slow uncle.
Fisherman Dey don't bite tall when
folks talkin to me, boss.
"Oliyia Cobb, an Athens, Ga, belle, has
declined thirty proposals"
"Yes, but Why
"Beeauso she's waiting for the right
man, Corn to pop"
A Texan at Throokmorton brought an
editor two wildcats TO be credited on his
subscription.
l. ia o. no use to be telling how old
actresses ere. II a writer cannot be
agreeable and tell us how young they
aTe be may be silent and let their ages
alone
Some people do not seem to care to
make the neighborhood in which they live
picturesque. If they did they would go
away.
my cup Of Joy is very full,' sings
poet.
Well, let it be gentle one. Don'ttry TO
change places with the cup.
The only man ia the city OF Mexico
who is not preparing to fight duel over
the Macmillan controversy is said to be
the odd member OF the population who
has 30 one to challenge.
Local politicians who don't want,
wouldn't have and never hankered for a
nomination or q place should send IN
their names and addresses We want to
puhlish column Of curiosisies.
Cardinal Newman says. "a gentleman
i one Who never infiets pain" That
settles 1t. them The watermelon i no
gentleman
While the lamp holds out to burn there
il not much danger Of the average servant
filing it.
the bachelor may lead life foil Of
Joy, ont you can convince and old maid
oft.
The fact that James q. Blaine il pro-
naunced q strong man may be accounted
for in more ways than one.
1
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13

London-the tutors suggested that he
should be rusticated.
"Three days late, is hef' answered the
venerable president in his childish treble.
swell, sirs, there has been q very heavy
fall OF snow, and as the gentleman re-
sides in Norfolk, no doubt the coaches
have been detained on the road"
"But,n urged the tutors, she could have
reached Oxford in few hours by rail
way
"Railwayw exclaimed the president,
incredniously. "Ah well, don't know any.
thing about that
The old man, though he daily heard
the whistle of the locomotives running
on the Great Western railway, ignored the
existence of the road.
He was tory of the class from whom
the genius of Disraeli rescued the great
conservative party, and gave il a new
lease of life.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
Pearl Fishers Of the Rcd Sea


Some 800 boats of from eight TO TWEEN
ty tons burden, and with crews of, in the
aggregate, about 1900 men, mostly negro
slaves, are engaged in the pearl fisheries
of the Red Sea, which yield from 500,
600 to $4,000 year One-third of the
income the owners Of the vessels retain !;
the remaining two.thirds are distributed
among the crews, which makes an average
of $50 to $40 year to every man. In
FORMER days Dieddah, near Mecca, in
Arabia, was the port where all the pearls
we're taken an sold But since the gov
eminent imposed an import duty OF s per
cent. upon the pearls the fishers CT
meneed carrying their shells to Masso-
wah and Suakin. on the African coast,
where they have only per cent Of duty
10 pay. At present the latter ports re-
ceive about three-quarters Of the entire
yield hardly one quarter Of il still going
to Djeddah. From these ports the pearls
are trans ported to Cairo and Alexandria,
in lower Egypt, whence most Of them 20
to Mrieste, upon the Adrsatic Sea, few
only reaching London and Hayre directly
from Egypt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13

caEse he could out-.rump the clerk in
diamonds, will thus have to 20 to the
pound where he belongs, and quiet
every lay people, who rely on their in
tegrisy more than they do on their
squeal, will get chance.
a great many droll characters and
bright shrewd men are met with among
hotel propretors wherever you go. The
Fat contributor was lecturing once in
the State of Kentucky, aud had occasion
to take dinner at six bit hotel. After
the meat Mr.. Griswold stepped up TO the
counter, took ont bale of bank notes,
which he had received for his lecture the
evening before, and asked what might be
the damage.
Three dollars,n said the blue grass
gentleman, who had buttoned his collar
with ten penny nail, while he looked at
Girls with painee expression.
'le e, but n.an ought TO be able TO
board here week for 50. The whole
house didn't cost more than $40 or sos.
What's your idea for charging me SO for
a wad of hominy and piece of parched
pork"
well, sir" said the urband landlord,
as he put out the fire at distance of
twenty feet by eniptying his salivary sur
plus on il, 81 need the money!"
The frankness and open, candid man
ner of the man won Mr.. Griswold, and he
asked him if he thought 50 would be
enough. The landlord said he thought
he could get along with that. Then Girls.
void opened his valise and took ont a
large brunette bottle of linament marked
"for external use.n He passed ii over to
the landlord and told him that he would
find this stuff worked as we'll on the in
side as IL did on the outside, In few
moments the linament of the Fat Con
tributorh and the linaments of the land
lord had merged into each other and q
friendly feeling sprang up between the
two men which time has never effaced. |
have often thought of this and wondered
why it is that hotel men are not more
open and cordial with their guests. Many
time have paid large bill grudglngly
when would have done it eheerfully II
the landlord had told me he was in need.
had intended to speak ut some length
on the new rope law, by which every man
is made his own vigilance COMMITTEES, but
feel that am already encroaching on
the advertising space, and so will have to
omit it. In conclusion. | will say that
the American hotels are far preferable to
those we have in Paris in many ways, and
not only outstrip those of England and
the Continent, even as n corps de ballet
outstrips toboggan club, but they seem
to excel and everlastingly knock the
ancient hotel of Carthage, Rome and Tic
Siding silly. BuL NYE
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
The determination of Weeds.
Philadelphia Record.

Warm weather and abundant rains al
ways cause the weeds and grass to grow
very rapidly. On the farm it requires a
larger share Of labor to keep down the
weeds and undesirable grass than to pre-
pare the ground and harvest the regular
crops. The value Of the labor bestowed
on weeds Of it could be properly esti-
mated) amounts to many millions of dol
lars, and any portion Of this labor that
can be avoided will be a saving and will
add to the profits. Yet the weeds can be
entirely eradicated BY determined effort.
There are hundreds Of varieties of weeds,
and we may class the grasses az weeds
when they voluntarily spring up where
not desired. Some weeds come very ear
" in the season, while others wait until
the warm days of summer. The seeds
seem to remain dormant in the soil for
years, for no amount OF hard work and
cultivation will apparently rid the ground
OF the pests But the weeds can be all
cleaned out in q few seasons though in
order to do 80 the work must be done in
a systematic manner. The first resolve
should be never to allow the weeds o do
more than sprout, and the next should be
never to allow them to go TO seed. There
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
ONE TENTH OF A DIME.
What Cent Can DO and What 1t Cannot DO
In this World
Dry Goods Chronicle

In this World
by Goods Chronicle.
II is almost impossible to attach any
importance TO one cent but at tho same
time it IA very important coin at times,
says an exchange.
IL will take a circular TO California,
and IT will mako you madden than halter
and Marca hare combined when you go
10 pay your fare on horse-car and find
that you have but four cents and a ten
dollar bill.
One cent is very small but whom it In
added to the rate of interest you receive
on stock, it possesses n stern magnificent
grandeur that carries you away like a
strain of music.
The penny, IL seems, was made to put
on church plates, and, although a man
may say il amounts TO nothing, he will
strike matches aud lift mats and crawl
the one he drops. II is so small u coin
that you have to take of your glove to
take hold of it in your pocket and vet it
il so large, when the baby swallows it, the
chances of the baby's living ARE some
times not worth a cent.
Although one cent Ia less than ten
cents, yet one cent is great deal larger
than dime. Many man has gone
thirsty all day with fouf cents in his
pocket. For the want of that one cent
the four were as useless as the eleven
men on "A jury who are held out against
by one.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN.
TWO VIEWS.
JUDGE

Twas at college first met him,
There competing for prize;
AID be gave his deep Grafton,
All his soul within his eyes
Twas masterpiece, In Latin,
Full of feeling, fire, aod thought,
Rics with wild poet til faBcies
Thro' the phases interwrought
And his proud young face shone ox me
Ana his clear Dung voice rang loud,
Leaving in my ear sn echo
Ger the piaudits Of the crowd
Thus | listened, thrilled; enraptured,
Hung on every ringing tone,
Tit the heat within my bosom
Beat for him, and him alone
On my breast | wore his colors,
Loves sweet tribute 10 his fame;
Aud while thinking Of him ever
To my heart | called his name
And we met again; twas summer;
/ had waited long and well
| was down beside the seashnre,
Stopping at the Grand Hotel.
Seated all alone at dinner
Wrapped in serious thought was |,
WheH voice. so deep and tender,
Murmured, Peach or lemon pieiN
Then looked up, pa'e and trembling;
There he stood within my sight,
In walters badge ali shining,
And Il waters apron white,
He had hired there for the season,
Aud his wild, poetic heart
or thrngtph fhA
OF dinner e la carte.
SO turned me coldly from him,
With sad and sobbing sigh;
After all my weary waiting
All said was Lemon pie!n
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
Keeping Root Crops Over Winter.
Philadelphia Record


Custom has prompted farmers to keep
the root crops stored in pits outside of
the barn. This plan is an excellent one,
as the room in the barn cellar is not
filled to overlooking and by simple cover
ing with straw and earthing up the mound
all danger of frost viii be avoided. But
the difficulty is not that there is danger
of loss, for an even temperature can
easily be maj ntained in the heaps. 1t is
when the ground is frozen hard, and il
becomes unsafe TO open the mounds,
that the farmer often finds he can not
utilize his root crops. They are solidly
and tightly sealed as though bound in
iron, and not until the frost shall begin
to leave the ground can he make use of
them. 1t is just as easy to keep the beets
carrots and turnips in the open air. All
that is necessary is to avoid having them
thaw too suddenly after having been
frozen. There will really be no necessity
for frost reaching them at all If the roots
be properly stored. In Illinois, where the
temperature sometimes falls as low as
307 below zero, root crops are stored in
bins in the barn cellar, or even in the
barn loft. They are packed in dry, clean
earth or sand, no moisture being allowed.
The roots are first carefully dug and
cleaned, then permitted to dry IN the
shade. Imperfect VI partially deeayed
roots are thrown out, and the sound ones
are not permitted to touch each other, a
! layer OF earth being between each layer
of roots, and the spaces being filed also.
AS soon as winter approaches the roots
are fed, and no difficulty is experienced
/ in handling them, which is a convenience
| in very cold weather. There is no danger
TO them except too much warmth, and q
cellar, or some other cool place, is used
in which to place the bins. BY this
method the roots may be fed in winter,
whereas by the mound system they can
not be used till late in the spring. 1t is
this difficulty of conveniently storing
and handling root crop that deters many
farmers from growing them extensively
The turnip grows quickly and at a season
of the year when the pressure of other
work is nearly over, and larger crops OF
them should be grown. Farmers do not
take kindly to cooking roots rs it entails
too much labor, and at the same time
they are rot partial TO the feeding of
frozen roots to the stock. BY giving
some attention to the matter of storage,
however, there will be no danger of. the
roots becoming frozen, and instead of
cooking them, they can be sliced and fed
raw, though cooking then in winter
would be an advantage.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
Why Oats Run Out.

Almost all farmers have noticed that
oats iun out so badly that it is necessary
to change seed frequently. Can it be
avoided? Ought not seed TO grow better
with proper treatment than poorerl An
observant farmer, In the American Guilt.
vator, gives some very sound thoughts on
this subject. He says in discussing the
matter:
have noticed thatnearly all new varie.
ties of oats do we'll for a year or two, and
then fall back and yield no better crops
than our common oats. This deteriora-
ton have noticed for years, and now we
hardly find crop of oats up to the legal
standard of 30 pounds per bushel The
average ia this vicinity is not more than
25 pounds to the bushel. | have studied
for years to learn the cause of this trou-
Bile. The land is apparently just as good
we have better implements for the pre-
paration of the seed bed, special fertili-
zers adapted to the wants of the crop,
yet no Improvement
Ny conclusion ia that the difficulty lies
wholly with the seed. Fifty years ago IL
was not uncommon to find whole fields
of oats yielding 40 or more pounds 20
the bushel. There were no new-faDgled
oats in those days. Scientific writer's tell
US the soil was new and that all crops
were better, which ma ne true to Ger.
tain extent, yet this is not the only rea-
son. At that time all grains we're thresh-
ed with fail, and only the best and
plumpest grains were obtained, while the
/ shrunken and imperfect grain was left in
4 the straw The grain was then winnowed
| by shaking from q shovel IN strong
wind driving through the barntiOor, ana
| the head Of the heap carefully put away
/ for seed. The tall end OF the heap was
| fed out. Since the threshing machines
! heve come into general use, one can
! hardly find a farmer who threshes BY
4 hand. If a machine leaves even the sem
blance of an oat in the straw it will be
/ looked upon as an imperfect machine.
and most likely be ordered out Of the
i barn. There is no head of the heap com
/ ing from the machine, and poor are
mixed together and sown year after year.
Is it any wonder that oats deteriorateS
One OF the most pathetic incidents Of
| the Exeter Theater FIRE Was the rescue OF
/ q woman. who was carried out Of the fur.
nance OF flame upon the back of brave
\ man. He was with his wife at the play
when the fire broke out, and succeeded ~
dragging her part way to the door
where she fell. There was an instant Of
/ despair and bewiiderment, and then h'
snatched covering form from the hooi
in the dense crowd and struggled through
the smoke and darkness to reach thu
street will, shrieking woman on hii
/ back. At asst he was out Of danger ant
breathlessly lowered his burden. Alas
ii vas not his wife. In the confusion an'
darkness he had rescued stranger ant
left his wife to be tramPled 70 death u
the Hobbies Of the theater.
What this country needs just now u nc
more cables, but European correspondent
that can tell the truth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
Some Practical Recipes.
A GOOD BREAKFAST DISH.

Cut up nearly from q leg of mutton
the meat in pieces about the same size.
Remove all the fat, skin and be 3, and
every place which is burned or blackened
by the fire, or the hash will have a strong
disagreeable flavor. The parts not used
for hash may be put in the stock pot.
Melted in quart stewpan one ounce of
sweet butter, then two finely minced
etchalots and desertspoonful of flour,
and stir for five minutes. Now add two
gills of stock, salt if necessary, quarter
of teaspoonful of pepper, one Glove,
three allspice,a bouquet gami, a tea
spoonful of walnut ketchup or half the
quantity of Worcestershire sauce, and a
tablespoonful of tomato sauce. Stir
continually till the contents come to a
boil, keep boiling for a few minutes then
strain into another stewpan, ald let it
cool before adding the meat or it will
harden. When cold lay in all the pieces
of meat, place the stewpau over the fire
and let the contents gradually warm
occasionally shake che stewpan and be
careful not to LEI the hash boil. AS soon
as the meat is sufficiently warmed spread
upon slices of bread fried in butter. Only
let the meet be warmed through in the
sauce.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13
RAGoUT OF BEEF.

Cut slices from the leanest and best
parts of a very rare roast. Make a rich
gravy and flavor with thyme, sweet maio-
ram, parsley, black pepper and d table
spoonful of currant jelly; thicken with
cracker dust and put lump of butter in
it, have the frying pan very hot, put the
rare slices of beef in il without grease.
Turn over quickly, take up and lay on a
fiat dish, pour over the hot gravy. Gar
nish the dish with celery and sippets of
toast.